Norway skilled worker salary: the minimum follows the job's required degree, and a collective agreement overrides it
Norway · Skilled Worker Visa
Income required
NOK 545,400 per year
Minimum yearly pay before tax for a job that requires a bachelor's degree, where no collective agreement covers the work; with an agreement, its pay rate applies
Also on file
NOK 624,700 per year
Minimum yearly pay before tax for a job that requires a master's degree, where no collective agreement covers the work
Government fee
NOK 6,300
Official fee, main applicant, initial application
Official source · Threshold checked 5 Sept 2026 · Last rule change in force: Eligibility criteria, 1 May 2026 (6 months ago) · Figures read from the official rules on file at the time this page was served.
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The minimums shown above apply only where no collective agreement covers the job, and they turn on the degree the position requires, not the one you hold. In a trade with an agreement, its pay rate is the bar, and a degree-level job through a staffing agency gets a permit for up to one year at a time.
Two people with the same master's degree can face different minimums, because the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) looks at what the job demands. A position that asks for a bachelor's degree is tested against the lower figure, whatever the holder has studied. A position that requires a master's degree is tested against the higher one, also shown above. Neither applies at all when the industry has a collective agreement: UDI's rule is that you must then receive the agreement's pay.
Jobs with no published figure
For a job that requires vocational training of at least three years at upper secondary level, UDI publishes no amount. The test is the general one: pay and working conditions no poorer than what is normal for the occupation where you will work. UDI says it accepts less than its published minimums only with strong proof that the pay is normal.
What the permit is tied to
The job must normally be full-time, though UDI accepts a position of at least 80%. A permit for a vocational-level job runs up to one year at a time; a degree-level job usually gets up to three years, but only one through a staffing agency. Moving to a new employer for the same type of work needs no new permit, but you must tell the police within seven days of starting. A different type of job does, even with the same employer, and you cannot start it until the permit is granted.
Fees paid to the state, and fees paid to a firm
To the Norwegian state:
- The application fee shown above, for anyone over 18, charged again at each renewal; applicants under 18 pay half. UDI does not refund it once the application is handed in in person.
To a relocation agency or adviser:
- Its own charge, kept apart from the state fee.
Ask the employer or the agency:
- Which degree does the position formally require, and is that written into the offer?
- Is the work covered by a collective agreement, and what pay rate does it set?
- Is the job through a staffing agency, which limits the permit to up to one year?
- Is the position full-time, or at least 80%?
- If UDI refuses the permit, or the rules change before it decides, what happens to the agency's fee?
For a relocation agency's quote or service agreement, use the box above: a yes at its first question has it checked line by line against the published rules. It reads neither job offers nor employment contracts; holding one, choose no, enter the yearly pay before tax and pick per year. The check compares a document or a figure with the published rules, and does not look at your application or advise on it; for advice on your own case, speak to a qualified immigration lawyer.
General information, not legal advice.
